hero worship

John Peel Dies

John Peel has died aged 65 of a heart attack while on a working holiday in Peru with his wife. Such a sad loss, one of my favourite DJs — I always remember enjoying listening to his shows as a kid more than the more “trendy” Top 40 on a Sunday … 🙁

Godspeed, Maestro

Anyone who knows me will eventually discover my passion for movie scores and soundtracks. When I was younger, I would listen to the greats — John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Michael Kamen, Ennio Morricone and so on. As time has moved on, I’ve discovered more depth to those composers I loved in my youth, […]

DNA IIfx

Someone managed to buy an old Mac that belonged to Douglas Adams from eBay — I wonder how the chuff it got from DNA’s home into the hands of a computer scrapper? Tip o’ the hat to 2lmc spool, who got it from linkmachinego.

More Lights Fade

Bob Monkhouse and Alan Bates have both passed away, with Mr. Monkhouse losing the battle against prostate cancer, which I didn’t even realise he had been diagnosed with — two years ago, according to the news report — and Sir Bates had been suffering from liver cancer. It also turns out an aunt’s mother and […]

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